the in-between time

The week after I got back from London I was exhausted, so it took me a couple of days to catch up on sleep. Monday was Valentine's day which was a little depressing considering I was in the city of Love and Zach wasn't haha. Since our internet wasn't working either we had to resort to a 10 minute phone call which was sad. The exciting thing was getting a package from my mom with all the clothes that I couldn't fit in my suitcase plus some makeup because it is sooo expensive here! It really made me day, and then recieving a package with Zachs present made me pretty happy too :) That night I went to a Salsa class hosted by my friend Chadi... it was fun to relax and learn some salsa,which I was not too good at!

Arena

Tuesday I had a quiz in my class on Intercultural studies but I actually did pretty well so I was happy... The rest of Tuesday was pretty boring as I just did some homework and tried to fix the internet.... so luck.

Wednesday in our French Civilization class we had a walk.It lasted 3 hours and went through some of the things in Paris that we have been discussing. We started like with the Arènes de Lutèce... or the Arena built by the Romans in the 1st century. Parts of it where still around so it was pretty cool to see. Some other sights included the Great Wall buit by Philip Augustus in 1190 in order to keep the Vikings out of Paris! We also spent some time in the Medieval Museum, which was in an actual medeival building and La Sorbonne, the oldest and one of the most prestigious universities in France. The Medieval Museum was really neat, with lots of relics from the crusades, tapestries and stained glass. It had some stuff that I couldn't believe have survived so long in history. Wednesday night we had another dinner party with a group of friends from ABS. We had wine, pasta, salad, bread, and chicken. It was awesome to spend some time with friends and get out of the apartment and explore Paris a little bit more.

Medieval Museum

Thursday was a good day to catch up on sleep and pack to get ready to go to Milan :)